I am a mother...

I find myself quite often caught in a state of awe that I never could have imagined. I watch my children growing up and wonder when did that happen? I can remember back to when each and everyone of them was still in newborn diapers and it just doesn't seem like so long ago. It saddens me. Because I know with the teaching and coaching that we have given them that soon the need for mom 24/7 will no longer be. I am proud but at the same time horrified that the time is coming so quick. Most parents I know are counting down to when their kids finally leave home. Me? Not so much. It's almost like the feeling of an anxiety attack coming on when I think of it. Funny, I know, but it's true none the less. I am a mother. Thru and thru. What will I do when they are grown? When mom is just a weekend visit for the family?